Shloka 20

भीमसेनस्य कौरवसुतवधः तथा श्रुतर्वावधः

Slaying of Kaurava princes and the fall of Śrutarvā

Devanagari script

नाराचैरर्धनाराचैर्बहुभि: क्षिप्रकारिभि: । वत्सदन्तैश्न बाणैश्ल कर्मारपरिमार्जिति:

Transliteration

nārācair ardhanārācair bahubhiḥ kṣiprakāribhiḥ | vatsadantaiś ca bāṇaiś ca karmāraparimārjitaiḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “With many swift-acting arrows—nārācas and half-nārācas—and with ‘calf-tooth’ shafts, all carefully polished by the smith, the warriors pressed the fight forward.”

Word by Word

• नाराचैः: with iron arrows (nārācas)
• नाराचैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाराच
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• अर्धनाराचैः: with half-nārāca arrows
• अर्धनाराचैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्धनाराच
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• बहुभिः: with many
• बहुभिः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• क्षिप्रकारिभिः: with swift-acting (quick-working)
• क्षिप्रकारिभिः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्षिप्रकारिन्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• वत्सदन्तैः: with calf-tooth (vatsadanta) arrows
• वत्सदन्तैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वत्सदन्त
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• बाणैः: with arrows
• बाणैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाण
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• कर्मारपरिमार्जितैः: with those polished by a smith (on an anvil/with a file)
• कर्मारपरिमार्जितैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कर्मार-परिमार्जित
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• nārāca arrows
• ardha-nārāca arrows
• vatsadanta arrows
• karmāra (smith)